"Monumental Women" seeks to counteract the idea that women haven't contributed to society in a memorable way.

Warped ideas about female bodies exist wherever you look, but as part of a lengthy battle for equal representation, one artist in Sofia, Bulgaria is reclaiming female visibility in the capital's culture through art.

Mashable reports the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee teamed up with Fine Acts and Tribal Worldwide Sofia this week to bring "Monumental Women" to the landscape in the country's capital city. By interspersing brightly colored busts throughout the sea of male statues in Sofia, the idea is to counteract the belief that women have not contributed to history in any memorable way. According to Mashable, the organizers are now working with the city to erect permanent female statues by 2018.

Behind the pop-up exhibition is artist Irina Tomova-Erka, who used seven models of her own face and body reading "The first monument of a woman in Sofia." Mashable says the project has garnered mixed reactions — some pedestrians were bothered by the previous lack of female representation, while others thought art shouldn't overshadow historical monuments. No matter where you stand, though, sometimes the most concerning messages are not what's being said, but who's being left out.